Thank you both for trying to help with the VPN issue.
There really was no outcome and the reason for not following up on it to date.
I'm merely using the information from the link below,opening up 'GPPTP PPTP VPN Client' from menu> network,adding the info to the fields but it wont work.
I know the VPN works itself as I can easily use it in both Windows XP/7.

OK, that's why we ask users to reveal the results of advice we provide. Now we know the full details of what you're trying to achieve, not just one or two technical components thereof. Now we know:
i) the details of the VPN server you're trying to connect to - http://uk.gofreevpn.com/
ii) and that this server is, indeed, PPTP and is thus truly compatible with gpptp.

Now there's an additional advantage of providing feedback: we can troubleshoot the problem!
I went ahead and tried the uk.gofreevpn.com connection details in gpptp myself (after making the minor configuration adjustments explained by jafadmin) ... and it works !
Sure, the "PPTP client exited with 0" message doesn't look positive, but when I opened /var/log/messages I saw these lines -

OK, that's why we ask users to reveal the results of advice we provide. Now we know the full details of what you're trying to achieve, not just one or two technical components thereof. Now we know:
i) the details of the VPN server you're trying to connect to - http://uk.gofreevpn.com/
ii) and that this server is, indeed, PPTP and is thus truly compatible with gpptp.

Now there's an additional advantage of providing feedback: we can troubleshoot the problem!
I went ahead and tried the uk.gofreevpn.com connection details in gpptp myself (after making the minor configuration adjustments explained by jafadmin) ... and it works !
Sure, the "PPTP client exited with 0" message doesn't look positive, but when I opened /var/log/messages I saw these lines -

1. in /etc/ppp, copy "ip-up-EXAMPLE" to just "ip-up"
2. in the /etc/options.pptp file, uncomment the: "require-mppe-128" line, and save the file.

... but I see that jafadmin made a typo with 2. - it should be /etc/ppp/options.pptp

and sorry, I now see there's one more tweak necessary:
3. in /etc/ppp/options.pptp comment out the "refuse-chap" line (add # to the start of the line).

Now you're ready to run gpptp. When it exits, wait a few seconds and you should see a second connection icon appear in the tray.
Now would be a good time to open /var/log/messages just to see what's going on.

Then the "line of code" you refer to is a command you must run (in a console) -

1. in /etc/ppp, copy "ip-up-EXAMPLE" to just "ip-up"
2. in the /etc/options.pptp file, uncomment the: "require-mppe-128" line, and save the file.

... but I see that jafadmin made a typo with 2. - it should be /etc/ppp/options.pptp

and sorry, I now see there's one more tweak necessary:
3. in /etc/ppp/options.pptp comment out the "refuse-chap" line (add # to the start of the line).

Now you're ready to run gpptp. When it exits, wait a few seconds and you should see a second connection icon appear in the tray.
Now would be a good time to open /var/log/messages just to see what's going on.

Then the "line of code" you refer to is a command you must run (in a console) -

Code:

ip route add default dev ppp0

tempestuous

Success!It works now after following your instructions.
The only thing I don't see is a second connection icon appear in the tray?Also,the disconnect button is greyed out in gpptp so I have to reboot to lose the connection. I'm using Lucid 528.
Thanks for your patience.

Also,the disconnect button is greyed out in gpptp so I have to reboot to lose the connection.

IIRC you'll find something in the thread about a route command to restore your normal networking without rebooting.

disciple

You were right.It seems I found the same problems as you, i.e. unable to disconnect.

What I did was,download 'gpptp-mod.zip' extracted it and then ran the newly created'gpptp'file.(I had previously assumed that 'gpptp' would be up to date in the newer versions of Puppy.This isn't the case).
The 'disconnect button now works and without the need to kill or reboot.

"Since I'm connecting from a routable IP address, I create a script to route all non-routable (RFC-1918) networks using my "ppp? - inet addr" address as the gateway. What this does is make available to me all RFC-1918 networks that route back to the vpn server I connected to. "

I routinely use both MS VPN and Cisco VPN (both in Windows and in Ubuntu) and trying to get gpptp set up and running is a total mess. These forums are littered with posts of those that never did get a connection. It's a shame that something that works so easy in other distros and OSs has to be such a mess in Puppy.Last edited by Diggs on Thu 13 Oct 2011, 15:36; edited 1 time in total

1. I didn't have a clue what the state of gpptp was in their version of Puppy (Now that we know, feel free to try to get people to include improved/more up to date gpptp packages when they make Puppy).
2. I couldn't remember it all because it was so long ago.
3. I didn't have access to a VPN to test myself.
It therefore made sense to point that thread out because I knew it contained the needed information. If someone didn't understand it they could always ask for more help.
In the future I can point to this thread instead, and people can even test with a free VPN first!

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I routinely use both MS VPN and Cisco VPN (both in Windows and in Ubuntu) and trying to get gpptp set up and running is a total mess. These forums are littered with posts of those that never did get a connection. It's a shame that something that works so easy in other distros and OSs has to be such a mess in Puppy.

Its a shame that Puppy doesn't have decent infrastructure for people to help with package management, improvements and documentation...
But feel free to write a wiki page or something._________________Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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